While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
American Genealogical Lending Library
593 West 100 North
P.O. Box 244
Bountiful, UT 84011
Phone (801) 298-5358
National Archives Microfilm Rental Program
Microfilm Rental Program
P.O. Box 30
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0030
(301) 604-3699
These
libraries have information on Southeastern Indians:
Alabama
Alabama Archives & History
624 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36130
Special Collections
Univ. of Alabama Library
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0266
Special Collections
Samford University Library
Birmingham, AL 35229
Univ. of So. Alabama Archives
USA Springhill Avenue, Rm. 0722
Mobile, AL 36688
Auburn University Archives Ralph Brown Draughon Library Auburn University, AL
36849-5606
Cobb
Memorial Archives
3419 20th Avenue
Valley, AL 36854
Birmingham Public Library 2100 Park Place Birmingham, AL 35203
Wallace State College P.O. Box 2000 Hanceville, Alabama 35077
Arkansas
Arkansas History
Commission
One Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501)682-6900
Florida
The Native
American Research Center
West Florida Regional
Library
200 W. Gregory St.
Pensacola, FL 32501-4878
University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL 32501
Florida State Archives R.A. Gray Building (M.S. 9A) 500 South Bronough Street Tallahassee, FL 3299-0250
Georgia
Georgia Dept. of Archives & History 330 Capitol Avenue, S.E. Atlanta, GA 30334
National Archives-SE Region 1557 St. Joseph Avenue East Point GA 30344 (404) 763-7477
Louisiana
Governor's
Commission on Indian Affairs
P.O. Box 44072
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4072
Mississippi
U.S.
National Park Service Library & Visitor's Center RR #1, NT 143 Tupelo, MS 38801
Miss. Dept. of Archives & History P.O. Box 571 Jackson, MS 39205-0571 (601) 539-6876
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Historical Society Indian Archives Division Historical Building Oklahoma City, OK 73105
University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collection 630 Parrington Oval Norman, OK 73019
Tennessee
Tennessee State
Library & Archives
403 7th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37234-0312
(615) 741-2764
Texas
Texas
State Library Archives Division P.O. Box 12927 Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711
National Archives & Records Center
Southwest Region
P.O. Box 6216
Fort Worth, TX 76115
MICROFILM
NATIONAL
ARCHIVES--Records of
Bureau of Indian Affairs, RG 75: Can be purchased or rented from
National Archives Microfilm Rental Program, P.O. Box 30, Annapolis
Junction, Maryland 20701-0030. Check local library before ordering.
M-208 "Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee,1801-1835.
14 rolls. No index. Roll
14 contains a list of tenants under Doublehead; another list appears
"intruders on Shoal Creek."
M-4 "Letterbook
of the Creek Trading House, 1795-1816." 1 roll.
M-271
"Letters Received by the Secretary of War Relating to Indian, 1800-1823."
4 rolls
M-15
"Letters sent by the Secretary of War Relating to Indian Affairs,
1800-1824." 6 rolls.
M-234
"Letters Received, 1824-1881." 962 rolls. Bold = most names
Cherokee
Agency, 1824-80:
(Cherokee
Agency, East) Rolls 71-76
(Cherokee
Agency, West) Rolls 77-79
(Cherokee
Agency) Rolls 80-112
(Cherokee
Emigration) Rolls 113-116
(Cherokee
Reserves) Rolls 117-118
Chickasaw
Agency, 1824-70: Rolls 135-142
(Chickasaw
Agency Emigration) Rolls 143-144
(Chickasaw
Agency Reserves) Rolls 145-148
Choctaw
Agency, 1824-76: Rolls 169-183
(Choctaw
Agency, West) Roll 184
(Choctaw
Agency Emigration) Rolls
185-187
(Choctaw
Agency Reserves) Rolls
188-196
Creek Agency,
1824-76: Rolls 219-235
(Creek
Agency, West) Roll 236
(Creek
Agency Emigration) Rolls 237-240
(Creek
Agency Reserves) Rolls 241-248
Seminole
Agency, 1824-76: Rolls 800-805
(Seminole
Agency Emigration) Rolls 806-807
M-1059 "Selected Letters
Received by the Office of Indian Affairs Relating to the Cherokees of
North Carolina, 1851-1905," 7
rolls
M-1011 "Superintendents' Annual
Narrative and Statistical Reports from Field Jurisdictions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1907-1938,"
174 rolls.
Choctaw (Mississippi) Roll 20
Seminoles of Florida Roll 131
M-595 "Indian Census Rolls,
1885-1940," 692 rolls
Cherokee (North Carolina), 1896-99,
1904, 1906, 1909-12, 1914
Rolls 23-26
Choctaw (Mississippi), 1926-39
Rolls 41-42
Seminole (Florida), 1913-40 Rolls
486-487
M-1186 "Enrollment Cards of the
Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914." 93 rolls
Index to the final Rolls and Final
Rolls -Roll 1
Cherokee Rolls 2-38
Choctaw Rolls 39-55
Choctaw (Mississippi) Rolls 56-66
Chickasaw Rolls 67-76
Creek Rolls 77-91
Seminole Rolls 92-93
T-985 - Old Settler Payment
Roll, 1896
M-1301 - Applications for enrollment
on the Final Roll Dawes Applications (Enrollment
Packets), 1899-1907, 468 rolls:
Choctaw Rolls 1-82
MS Choctaws Rolls 82-171
Cherokee Rolls 174-399
Seminole Rolls 400-402
Creek Rolls 402-434
Chickasaw Rolls 434-468
M-1314 "Index to
Letters Received by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1897-1913."
23 rolls
M-1104
"Eastern Cherokee applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1908."
348 rolls (Note: Mobile and Birmingham Public Libraries have Rolls
1-12, General Index to Eastern Cherokee Applications.)
M-668
"Ratified Indian Treaties, 1722-1869." 16 rolls
T-494
"Documents Relating to the Negotiation of Ratified and Unratified Treaties
with Various Indian Tribes,
1801-1869." 10 rolls
FORT WORTH
FEDERAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS CENTER
Microfilm
available from FWARC is identified by "7RA."
Five Civilized
Tribes
7RA-70 Five
Civilized Tribes - 1896 Index to applications under the act of June 10,
1896 (29 Stat. 321) and
dockets. Rolls 1-2.
Cherokee
7RA-24
1907 Index to Rejected Applicants
7RA-06 - Mullay
Roll, 1848 and Siler Roll, 1851
Choctaw
7RA-116
1830 Lists of people who remained in Mississippi. Rolls 1-2.
7RA-09 1855
Payment Roll. Roll 1
7RA-147 1902-1907 Index to Dawes Rejected ("R") Cards. Roll 1
CREEK
7RA-23 - Old
Settlers Roll, 1857, rolls 1-2.
7RA-44 - Dunn
Roll of Citizens and Freedmen with indexes
7RA-43 - Census,
roll 1
7RA-68 - Lists of
applicants and docket books of the Creek Citizenship Commission,
1888-1896.
7RA-31
Loyal Creek payment roll, 1904. 1 roll
OTHER:
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions operated schools
for the Indian children in the South prior to removal and afterward in the
West. Names of missionaries, Indian children and some relationships
are given. Microfilmed records can be obtained from: Research
Publications, Inc., 12 Lunar Drive/Drawer AB, Woodbridge, CT 06525;
phone 1-800-444-0799; FAX (203) 397-3893. A list is enclosed, but
microfilm is $100 per reel! The only place that has it in the
Southeast is Shorter College Library, 315 Shorter Avenue, Rome, GA
30165; (706) 291-2121. They also have some BIA records.
Internet sites
for Southeastern Indians
Rootsweb has
several “lists” available by tribe, administered by individuals. For
example you can join this lists
CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com hosted by Dusty who answers
queries and does “look-ups” from numerous rolls by putting one word in
body of message. The archives of this site is a gold mine for
genealogists.
For another
useful site try Judy White’s Native American Genealogy at
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native for rolls, newsletters, lookups,
articles, etc.
